Occupy Detroit, day one

Why did the US start an embargo with Cuba? It had nothing to do with the politics of Cuba. You know what it was? Sugar.

That’s what I learned from this old man at Occupy Detroit.

You see, we didn’t want to have to deal with the awesome sugar deals they had going in Cuba. Or something.

What started out as a conversation about the protests, led to Cuba and the next thing I knew I was being lectured to about the Shah of Iran.

Uhm. OK. What does that has to do with the current economic plight, and the gripes of the Occupy X street?

Well, of course, that corporations are evil and the government is in the thrall of corporations.

If I had to make one general statement regarding Detroit’s “occupy” movement, it is that corporations are very, very evil.

Oh, sure, there were other concerns. Transgender rights.

This guy was for Anarchistic Communism.

I asked him if they were out there fighting for the small businesses, to which he replied “no.” He friends quickly tried to correct him by arguing that they DID support small businesses.

The Anarchistic Communist wasn’t convinced though.

I spoke to this guy, who seemed he was really going to be able to transplant Ron Paul’s message to end the wars with the group. I told him “good luck with the communists” and he pretty much just nodded in acknowledgment.

This group of union folk were all together having a little pow-wow and getting signatures for something or other, but I was unable to get a peek.

The crowd got a big bigger.

And this was a general consensus.

The “fist” symbol was everywhere.

But there were only a few (three when I left) that looked like they were going to camp. I asked this first fellow, who wasn’t so sure he was going to stay.

Come now, Mare. Following that sort of actual, functional logic would result in most of the 99% camping out in protest of their college academic advisers, for encouraging them to go tens of thousands into hock for what amounts to little more than improved performance in Trivial Pursuit.